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- the invention relates to a method for designing and/or optimizing a surgical device according to the preamble of claim 1, to a method for manufacturing a surgical device, in particular an implant according to the preamble of claim 7, to an implant manufactured by using said method according to the preamble of claim 8.
- bone fixation elements e.g. screw or bolts
- the invention solves the posed problem with a method for designing and/or optimizing a surgical device displaying the features of claim 1, with a method for manufacturing a surgical device, in particular an implant displaying the features of claim 7, with an implant manufactured by using said method displaying the features of claim 8 and with a method for fixing bone using said implant displaying the features of claim 19.
- Three-dimensional bone quality data a set of data including the entity of bone quality data analysed in the complete patient population, e.g. obtained from a variety of bone or bone portions.
- Homologous sub-collection the bone quality data of the N > 2 homologous sub-collections is obtained from bone material of identical volume in identical anatomical positions of the patient population.
- Categories The patient population is divided in categories by applying the following criterions:
- Essential features but not limiting the chance of patients categorization are: age, health status, fracture pattern, bone mineral density, bone quality (microarchitecture, cortex/spongiosa ratio).
- a patient is allotted to a particular category as follows:
- the mechanical properties of the bony structures depend on many factors. In the bone research/industrial community it is well accepted that bone mineral density and distribution as well as bone microarchitecture are the most important contributing factors. It is known that cut-out risk after fracture fixation depends on the load transfer between implant's anchoring elements and bone fragments. In vitro mechanical testing demonstrated a direct relationship between mechanical properties (e.g. bone strength and failure behaviour) and bone's macro- and microproperties (e.g. bone density, trabecular structure) [ Hildebrand T, Ruegsegger P.; Quantification of bone microarchitecture with the structure model index. Comp. Meth. Biomech. Biomed. Eng. 1: 15-23, 1997 .
- High quality volumes / Low quality volumes are defined as those where, due to the combined effect of bone quality/quantity and loading pattern, the resulting stress accumulation is minimal.
- Low quality volumes namely those where the operator might wish to increase the implant purchase and/or to augment the physical properties of the bone structure, are those where, due to the combined effect of bone quality/quantity and loading pattern, the resulting stress is critical.
- the definition of maximum and minimum, or low and high quality volumes, is determined inside each category based on statistical analyses.
- Optimal place / optimal direction Includes the loading pattern as a factor helping to assess where the implant best purchases.
- the whole set of variables will be tested with computational and biomechanical models.
- the through hole in the implant should be easily accessible and should respect the local anatomy. For example, in the humerus the through hole can not start on the lateral bone surface, exit in the bicipital groove and enter again medially in the humerus.
- the boundary conditions given to the present algorithm will exclude those directions and find among the available directions those where the quality of the volumes is optimal. It is to be clarified that the algorithm leaves the chance to augment also in those areas where the implant has already good purchase, i.e. not only low quality for augmentation and high quality for better implant purchase.
- the method For a given category of patients and implant, the method optimizes the combinations of all the available anchorage parts. The optimization is completed when the combination of the investigated high quality volumes results in the minimal stress accumulation taking in consideration all the anatomical, technical (superimposition of screws) and surgical limitations. At the same time for a given category of patients and implant, the method optimizes the combinations of all the available through holes dedicated to aim low quality volumes. The number of through holes dedicated to aim low quality volumes is set according to the optimized number of anchorage parts and to final optimization concerning the best stress shearing configuration between bone and implant, also taking in consideration all the anatomical, technical (superimposition of screws) and surgical limitations.
- the combination of low and high quality volumes can be identical or not and it aims to create minimum bone defects and maximum fixation stability.
- the method determines the best combined configuration of the directions of the axes of any locking system optimised for any purpose on any medical implant dedicated to any specific category of patients.
- the depth of the bore hole in the bone or in particular the depth of the location for the application of bone cement taken into account by the surgeon when implanting said surgical implant can be determined as follows:
- surgeons use fluoroscopic images to assess how deep in the bone they drilled.
- the present method gives the surgeon the tool to find the direction of the weakest region.
- Actual or future imaging techniques can be used to assess the holes depth.
- said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by the position and extension of bone volumes where the stress accumulation resulting from a combination of bone quality and load pattern is minimal.
- the summarized stress accumulation for all through holes of the implant is the criterion for implant optimization, design and manufacture with regard to the position and direction of each through hole.
- said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by taking into account the position and extension of augmented low quality volumes, preferably augmented by means of applying a bone cement.
- a new generation implant can be manufactured according to one or both the above optimization criteria, as in the following examples:
- said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by additionally taking into account the accessibility of the through hole through the bone tissue.
- said implant is a fixed angle implant.
- the directions of the anchoring parts are defined by the through holes.
- high resolution bone quality data is used allowing the assessment of the bone micro architecture at a resolution smaller than or equal to 100 ⁇ m.
- high resolution CT is necessary.
- Clinical CT cannot deliver such information.
- the present method provides the assessment of the bone micro architecture via CT scans performed at a resolution ⁇ 100 ⁇ m (intra-trabecular space).
- implant said central axis has a direction that, respecting the anatomical restrains, allows following the best combination of purchase directions for all the implants anchorage elements.
- implant in particular implant the orientation of said central axis and the position of said through holes are defined according to a relative reference system.
- said relative reference system is given by the centre of three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points.
- said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points.
- said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned points, used as anchorage for the device fixation points.
- said through hole is provided with coupling means for temporarily attaching an instrument.
- said through hole is designed as a fixed angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element at a fixed angle.
- said through hole is designed as a variable angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element at a variable angle, said variable angle hole having a central axis corresponding to said optimal direction.
- an assembly comprising the implant according to the invention and a bone replacement material source attachable to said coupling means.
- a bone augmentation technique with any material can be applied.
- said source e.g. a syringe or cannula it is possible to introduce bone replacement material at the weakest region of the bone.
- the fracture is reduced in a first step before applying said implant.
- a method for selecting an optimal implant out of said designed or optimized implants for each of said N > 2 categories of patients.
- Figs. 1 to 6 illustrate an embodiment of the method according to the invention applied on the proximal humerus 6.
- the most common surgical implant 1 used to treat proximal humeral fractures is a plate. According to the fracture classification, this surgical device is applied on a region of the humerus where the bone is still solid. Surgical accesses available for surgeons to position this implants 1 are limited by the proximal humerus anatomy: vessels, nerves, precious musculoskeletal structures limit the fixation of the surgical implant 1 in determined and well described regions of the humerus. Bone fixation elements 2, e.g. locking screws 2 are used both to fix that plate and to reduce the fracture fragments allowing fracture repair.
- the optimization process according to the invention aims principally at helping the medical device company to define, according to the available surgical accesses and the loading pattern characteristic of a given area, the screws directions with the best purchase.
- the present method includes consideration about the loading pattern of the region one implant 1 is optimized for.
- the aim is finding the combination of screw direction such that the total stress in the bone is minimum for a given category.
- the optimization process can be used for the following aims:
- the implant 1 is designed to be used with different categories of trauma patients having a different trabecular bone distribution and mineral density as illustrated in figs. 2 and 3 .
- Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the assessment of the bone quality along the directions 5 where the anchoring elements purchase in the bone 6. These are defined according to the existing implant design and standard positioning.
- Fig. 6 illustrates a schematic depiction of the process for the definition of optimal anchoring element directions 5 based on peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) of the bone 6.
- pQCT Quantitative Computed Tomography
- the method according to the invention allows to build aiming tools for the ideal anchorage of devices.
- This method allows controlling of insertion points and devices directions. It is based on statistical shape analysis and/or individual information about the form and material properties of the body part requiring fixation, and on the loading pattern characteristic of the affected region.
- the number of access ports to each body region is limited by the anatomical characteristics of the surrounding tissues.
- implants and devices can have certain dimensions and can be positioned and fixed in determined regions.
- the geometrical properties of the devices are anatomically shaped based on CT reconstruction of the region where the fixation will be performed in order to facilitate the operator in positioning the device in the most adequate functional location.
- Devices dedicated to fix parts of the body can be subdivided in two regions: a first region anchored in the main part of the organ and a second one providing support to the displaceable part of the organ and connecting it to the main part of the organ.
- “points for fixation” and “points for reduction” can be defined, i.e. points defining the positions and orientation of those parts of the device dedicated to fix it to the main part of the organ, and points defining the positions and orientation of those parts of the device dedicated to fix the displaceable part of the organ, respectively.
- the position of the points for fixation is always easily determined and, nowadays, does not affect the fixation outcome.
- the positions of the points for reduction are, up to now, based exclusively on experience.
- the invention defines a method to assess the material properties of portions of the body part (later on cited as volumes) to fix, whose position and dimensions are completely defined starting from the "points for reduction".
- the positions of the points for reductions are uniquely defined by the reference system created using the point for fixation. Knowing the positions of these points and the loading conditions, the method can be used for following purposes:
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- The invention relates to a method for designing and/or optimizing a surgical device according to the preamble of
claim 1, to a method for manufacturing a surgical device, in particular an implant according to the preamble of claim 7, to an implant manufactured by using said method according to the preamble of claim 8. - Today surgical implants for fixation at or in a bone by means of bone fixation elements (e.g. screw or bolts) are manufactured taking into account the following parameters only
- a) anatomical shape of the bone to or in which the implant is to be fixed;
- b) type of fracture most frequently encountered; and
- c) size of the patient.
- d) quality of the bone to or in which the implant is to be fixed (e.g. density, porosity, orientation of trabeculi and lamellae, distribution of cortex/spongiosa);
- e) variation of these bone qualities depending on the specific patient (e.g. age, sex, race, size, health); and
- f) post-operative loading conditions.
- The invention solves the posed problem with a method for designing and/or optimizing a surgical device displaying the features of
claim 1, with a method for manufacturing a surgical device, in particular an implant displaying the features of claim 7, with an implant manufactured by using said method displaying the features of claim 8 and with a method for fixing bone using said implant displaying the features of claim 19. - General collection of three-dimensional bone quality data: a set of data including the entity of bone quality data analysed in the complete patient population, e.g. obtained from a variety of bone or bone portions.
Homologous sub-collection: the bone quality data of the N > 2 homologous sub-collections is obtained from bone material of identical volume in identical anatomical positions of the patient population.
Categories: The patient population is divided in categories by applying the following criterions: - It is well known that nowadays surgeons do not consider all patients as belonging to the same category. For instance, osteoporotic and healthy individuals are considered as two different patient categories [Goldhahn J, Suhm N, Goldhahn S, Blauth M, Hanson B.; Influence of osteoporosis on fracture fixation-a systematic literature review; Osteoporos Int. 2008 Jun; 19(6):761-72. Review; and van Rietbergen B, Huiskes R, Eckstein F, Rueegsegger P.; Trabecular Bone Tissue Strains in the Healthy and Osteoporotic Human Femur; J. Bone Mineral Research, v. 18, N 10, p. 1781 - 1787, 2003]. The present method does not specify the criteria for patients' classification. The criteria defined to categorize the entire patient's population in subpopulations, should be medically and market driven. The method delivers a procedure to assess if the proposed categories are significantly different, if a different implant is required for each category, and how to design an optimized implant for the specific category.
- Essential features but not limiting the chance of patients categorization are: age, health status, fracture pattern, bone mineral density, bone quality (microarchitecture, cortex/spongiosa ratio).
- A patient is allotted to a particular category as follows:
- The categorization should be medically and market driven, i.e. the surgeons and the companies will decide which patient is allotted to a particular class. The surgeons can be expected to potentially ask for a large number of categories and thus a large number of implants and the implant producer to restrict this number due to economical reason. Together with signalmen, health status and fracture pattern, information on bone quantity and quality are appropriate indexes for patient categorization. Currently, Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is the standard method to determine the osteoporotic state and to justify patient's treatment, e.g. with bisphosphonates. The present procedure is based on data collected with high-resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (hr-pQCT), which provides, compared to DXA measurements, significantly more accurate and valuable information on bone microarchitecture (i.e. bone quality) and density. At the same time this technique is more time consuming and increases the X-ray dose for the patient, making the pQCT availability in hospitals significantly lower than DXA machines. Recent studies have demonstrated a good correlation between DXA and hr-pQCT in respect to bone density assessment [Grampp S, Lang P, Jergas M, Glüer CC, Mathur A, Engelke K, Genant HK; Assessment of the skeletal status by peripheral quantitative computed tomography of the forearm: short-term precision in vivo and comparison to dual X-ray absorptiometry. J. Bone Miner Res. 1995 Oct;10(10):1566-76]. Based on these facts, it is believed that it will be possible to assess the relation between categorizations based both on DXA and on hr-pQCT. Once the relation will be demonstrated DXA measurements might also be used as an additional tool to allot a patient to a certain category.
- To correctly and reproducibly position the implant on or in the patient's bone or virtually on or in the bones of the database the following procedure can be applied:
- In the clinical setting the space available to position an implant is substantially limited by the given surgical access. Anatomically shaped implants limit even more the chances for positioning. Therefore, the surgical approach described in implants' manuals allows reproducible positioning of an implant. The present method is dependent on the surgeon's ability in positioning the implant at the right location, however, the present method allows to quantify the precision of this positioning and its effect on the regions investigated.
- Mechanical properties of bony structures: The mechanical properties of the bony structures (e.g. bone strength) depend on many factors. In the bone research/industrial community it is well accepted that bone mineral density and distribution as well as bone microarchitecture are the most important contributing factors. It is known that cut-out risk after fracture fixation depends on the load transfer between implant's anchoring elements and bone fragments. In vitro mechanical testing demonstrated a direct relationship between mechanical properties (e.g. bone strength and failure behaviour) and bone's macro- and microproperties (e.g. bone density, trabecular structure) [Hildebrand T, Ruegsegger P.; Quantification of bone microarchitecture with the structure model index. Comp. Meth. Biomech. Biomed. Eng. 1: 15-23, 1997. Ulrich D, van Rietbergen B, Laib A, Ruegsegger P.; The ability of three-dimensional structural indices to reflect mechanical aspects of trabecular bone. Bone 25 (1): 55-60, 1999. Gabet Y, Kohavi D, Voide R, Mueller TL, Müller R, Bab I.; Endosseous Implant Anchorage is Critically Dependent on Mechanostructural Determinants of Peri-Implant Bone Trabeculae. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 Aug 4. Hernandez CJ, Keaveny TM.; A biomechanical perspective on bone quality. Bone. 2006 Dec;39(6):1173-81].
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- Trabecular Thickness
- Trabecular Separation
- Trabecular Number
- Trabecular Bone Pattern Factor
- Euler number, indicator of connectivity in a 3D structure
- DA degree of anisotropy
- SMI (structure model index) which defines the prevalent trabeculae shape
- Mean polar moment of inertia which indicates the resistance to a rotation of a cross section about a chosen axis
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- High quality volumes / Low quality volumes: High quality volumes, namely those suitable for anchorage of a bone fixation element, are defined as those where, due to the combined effect of bone quality/quantity and loading pattern, the resulting stress accumulation is minimal.
Low quality volumes, namely those where the operator might wish to increase the implant purchase and/or to augment the physical properties of the bone structure, are those where, due to the combined effect of bone quality/quantity and loading pattern, the resulting stress is critical.
The definition of maximum and minimum, or low and high quality volumes, is determined inside each category based on statistical analyses. - Optimal place / optimal direction: Includes the loading pattern as a factor helping to assess where the implant best purchases. The whole set of variables will be tested with computational and biomechanical models.
Additionally, the through hole in the implant should be easily accessible and should respect the local anatomy. For example, in the humerus the through hole can not start on the lateral bone surface, exit in the bicipital groove and enter again medially in the humerus. The boundary conditions given to the present algorithm will exclude those directions and find among the available directions those where the quality of the volumes is optimal. It is to be clarified that the algorithm leaves the chance to augment also in those areas where the implant has already good purchase, i.e. not only low quality for augmentation and high quality for better implant purchase. - Configuration of the through holes: For a given category of patients and implant, the method optimizes the combinations of all the available anchorage parts. The optimization is completed when the combination of the investigated high quality volumes results in the minimal stress accumulation taking in consideration all the anatomical, technical (superimposition of screws) and surgical limitations.
At the same time for a given category of patients and implant, the method optimizes the combinations of all the available through holes dedicated to aim low quality volumes. The number of through holes dedicated to aim low quality volumes is set according to the optimized number of anchorage parts and to final optimization concerning the best stress shearing configuration between bone and implant, also taking in consideration all the anatomical, technical (superimposition of screws) and surgical limitations. According to patients categorization the combination of low and high quality volumes can be identical or not and it aims to create minimum bone defects and maximum fixation stability. The method determines the best combined configuration of the directions of the axes of any locking system optimised for any purpose on any medical implant dedicated to any specific category of patients. - The depth of the bore hole in the bone or in particular the depth of the location for the application of bone cement taken into account by the surgeon when implanting said surgical implant can be determined as follows: Nowadays surgeons use fluoroscopic images to assess how deep in the bone they drilled. The present method gives the surgeon the tool to find the direction of the weakest region. Actual or future imaging techniques can be used to assess the holes depth.
- In a special embodiment of said method said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by the position and extension of bone volumes where the stress accumulation resulting from a combination of bone quality and load pattern is minimal. The summarized stress accumulation for all through holes of the implant is the criterion for implant optimization, design and manufacture with regard to the position and direction of each through hole.
- In another embodiment of said method said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by taking into account the position and extension of augmented low quality volumes, preferably augmented by means of applying a bone cement. A new generation implant can be manufactured according to one or both the above optimization criteria, as in the following examples:
- An existing implant can be optimized with angular stable holes allowing precise local augmentation.
- The direction of the anchoring parts of an existing implant can be optimized according to the high quality volumes characteristics of a given category, by maintaining the existing positions of the through holes.
- The direction of the anchoring parts of a new implant can be optimized according to the high quality volumes characteristics of a given category, defining new positions of the through holes in an existing implant shape or in a newly designed implant shape.
- The direction of the anchoring parts of a new implant can be optimized according to the high quality volumes characteristics of a given category, defining new position of the through holes in an existing implant shape or in a newly designed implant shape and with angular stable holes allowing precise local augmentation.
- In again another embodiment of said method said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by additionally taking into account the accessibility of the through hole through the bone tissue.
- In a further embodiment of said method said implant is a fixed angle implant. In fixed angle implants the directions of the anchoring parts are defined by the through holes. These are characterized by a mechanical locking method which allows consistently pre-drilling and inserting anchoring parts along the same through holes orientation.
- In yet a further embodiment of said method high resolution bone quality data is used allowing the assessment of the bone micro architecture at a resolution smaller than or equal to 100 µm. To assess bone micro-architecture, which is relevant for implant optimization, high resolution CT is necessary. Clinical CT cannot deliver such information. The present method provides the assessment of the bone micro architecture via CT scans performed at a resolution ≤ 100 µm (intra-trabecular space).
- In a special embodiment of said surgical device, in particular implant said central axis has a direction that, respecting the anatomical restrains, allows following the best combination of purchase directions for all the implants anchorage elements.
- In another embodiment of said surgical device, in particular implant the orientation of said central axis and the position of said through holes are defined according to a relative reference system.
- In case of an implant configured as a bone plate said relative reference system is given by the centre of three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points. In case of an implant configured as an intramedullary nail said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points. In case of a general medical device said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned points, used as anchorage for the device fixation points.
In still another embodiment of said surgical device, in particular implant said through hole is provided with coupling means for temporarily attaching an instrument.
In a further embodiment of said surgical device, in particular implant said through hole is designed as a fixed angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element at a fixed angle.
In yet a further embodiment of said surgical device, in particular implant said through hole is designed as a variable angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element at a variable angle, said variable angle hole having a central axis corresponding to said optimal direction. This configuration allows the advantage that the variability of the angle allows the surgeon to align the bone fixation element upon insertion to take into account e.g. anatomical differences.
According to a further aspect of the invention an assembly is provided which comprises the surgical device, in particular implant according to the invention and an aiming or drilling device attachable to said coupling means.
In accordance with another aspect, an assembly comprising the implant according to the invention and a bone replacement material source attachable to said coupling means is provided. A bone augmentation technique with any material can be applied. By means of said source, e.g. a syringe or cannula it is possible to introduce bone replacement material at the weakest region of the bone. - In a method for fixing fractured bones the fracture is reduced in a first step before applying said implant.
- In accordance with yet another aspect a method is provided for selecting an optimal implant out of said designed or optimized implants for each of said N > 2 categories of patients.
- A special embodiment of the invention will be described in the following by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
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Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention; -
Fig. 2 illustrates a portion of a bone having a first trabecular bone distribution and mineral density; -
Fig. 3 illustrates a portion of a bone homologous the portion of thefig. 2 having a second trabecular bone distribution and mineral density different from the first bone distribution and mineral density offig. 1 ; -
Fig. 4 illustrates a bone plate with bone fixation means inserted in the through holes; -
Fig. 5 schematically illustrates the assessment of bone quality along the direction where the anchoring elements purchase; and -
Fig. 6 illustrates a portion of a bone schematically depicting the process for the definition of optimal anchoring element directions. -
Figs. 1 to 6 illustrate an embodiment of the method according to the invention applied on theproximal humerus 6. The most commonsurgical implant 1 used to treat proximal humeral fractures is a plate. According to the fracture classification, this surgical device is applied on a region of the humerus where the bone is still solid. Surgical accesses available for surgeons to position thisimplants 1 are limited by the proximal humerus anatomy: vessels, nerves, precious musculoskeletal structures limit the fixation of thesurgical implant 1 in determined and well described regions of the humerus. Bone fixation elements 2, e.g. locking screws 2 are used both to fix that plate and to reduce the fracture fragments allowing fracture repair.
Nowadays medical devices companies design the plate geometry following the mean shape of the lateral portion of the humerus. Differently, the direction of the screws used to fix the fragment is based mostly on surgeon's suggestion or experience. The high failure rate recorded in certain patients' categories suggest that the existing implant might not be optimized for all the patients' categories.
For a given category of patients and implant, the present method optimizes the combinations of all theavailable anchorage parts 5. The optimization is completed when the combination of the investigated high quality volumes results in the minimal stress accumulation taking in consideration all the anatomical, technical (superimposition of screws) and surgical limitations.
The optimization process according to the invention aims principally at helping the medical device company to define, according to the available surgical accesses and the loading pattern characteristic of a given area, the screws directions with the best purchase.
The present method includes consideration about the loading pattern of the region oneimplant 1 is optimized for. The aim is finding the combination of screw direction such that the total stress in the bone is minimum for a given category.
The optimization process can be used for the following aims: - Optimization of the directions of the locking screws for existing plates, so that the resulting screws combination delivers the best possible purchase.
- Novel plate design given the optimal screws directions in the humeral head, as assessed by high resolution scanning and matched with the surrounding anatomical structures.
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implant 1 is designed to be used with different categories of trauma patients having a different trabecular bone distribution and mineral density as illustrated infigs. 2 and 3 . -
Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the assessment of the bone quality along thedirections 5 where the anchoring elements purchase in thebone 6. These are defined according to the existing implant design and standard positioning. -
Fig. 6 illustrates a schematic depiction of the process for the definition of optimalanchoring element directions 5 based on peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) of thebone 6. - The method according to the invention allows to build aiming tools for the ideal anchorage of devices. This method allows controlling of insertion points and devices directions. It is based on statistical shape analysis and/or individual information about the form and material properties of the body part requiring fixation, and on the loading pattern characteristic of the affected region. The number of access ports to each body region is limited by the anatomical characteristics of the surrounding tissues. According to the developed surgical techniques and the characteristics of the individuals they are dedicated to, implants and devices can have certain dimensions and can be positioned and fixed in determined regions. The geometrical properties of the devices are anatomically shaped based on CT reconstruction of the region where the fixation will be performed in order to facilitate the operator in positioning the device in the most adequate functional location. Devices dedicated to fix parts of the body can be subdivided in two regions: a first region anchored in the main part of the organ and a second one providing support to the displaceable part of the organ and connecting it to the main part of the organ. In these two regions "points for fixation" and "points for reduction" can be defined, i.e. points defining the positions and orientation of those parts of the device dedicated to fix it to the main part of the organ, and points defining the positions and orientation of those parts of the device dedicated to fix the displaceable part of the organ, respectively. The position of the points for fixation is always easily determined and, nowadays, does not affect the fixation outcome. On the other hand the positions of the points for reduction are, up to now, based exclusively on experience. The invention defines a method to assess the material properties of portions of the body part (later on cited as volumes) to fix, whose position and dimensions are completely defined starting from the "points for reduction". The positions of the points for reductions are uniquely defined by the reference system created using the point for fixation.
Knowing the positions of these points and the loading conditions, the method can be used for following purposes: - to identify volumes of interest in a body part and retrieve information, from a bone database or a single individual, about their material properties (design of medical devices based on material properties mapping and loading conditions).
- to determine the ideal anchorage of devices (optimization of the direction of the parts used to reduce the body parts).
- to determine the ideal attachment points for augmentation (optimization of the direction of the parts used to augment the body parts if required).
- to determine the position of the best points for reduction on a device based on:
- the ideal anchorage of devices (in example: optimization of the position of a hole in a given plate used to reduce the body parts).
- the attachment points for augmentation (in example: optimization of the position of a hole in a given plate used as aiming tool to reach some body parts to augment).
- to change intraoperatively the direction of a given part of the fixation devices in order to aim it towards the ideal anchorage area for devices or to the ideal attachment points for augmentation.
Thus, there remains a need for an improved method of design and manufacture of surgical implants for fixation at or in a bone by means of bone fixation elements.
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved method of design and manufacture of surgical implants for fixation at or in a bone by means of bone fixation elements which is more patient oriented, i.e. which takes into consideration additional relevant and critical bone parameters better defining each patient category.
The present method can be applied on any part of the body and implemented for the design of any kind of medical device aimed to fix any body tissue.
While various descriptions of the present invention are described above, it should be understood that the present invention is defined as set forth in the appended claims.
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- Method for designing and/or optimizing a surgical device, in particular an implant (1) for fixation at or in a bone by means of a bone fixation element (2), said implant having one or more through holes (3) with a central axis (4) for receiving a bone fixation element (2) and a surface to be placed adjacent or in contact with a bone, characterized by the following stepsa) providing a general collection of three-dimensional bone quality data obtained from a patient population;b) identifying in the investigated patient population N > 2 categories of patients with significantly different N > 2 homologous sub-collections of bone quality data;c) designing an implant (1) or optimizing an existing implant (1) for each of the N > 2 sub-collections wherein said at least one through hole (3) is located atsaid optimal position and direction being chosen based on each of said N > 2 sub-collections of data so as to obtain an optimal anchorage - based on said bone quality data - of said bone fixation element (2) in the bone when introduced through said hole (3) into the bone for each of said N > 2 sub-collections of data.c1) an optimal place of said implant (1); and withc2) an optimal direction of said central axis relative to said implant (1);
- The method according to claim 1, wherein said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by the position and extension of bone volumes where the stress accumulation resulting from a combination of bone quality and load pattern is minimal.
- The method according to claim 2, wherein said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by taking into account the position and extension of augmented low quality volumes, preferably augmented by means of applying a bone cement.
- The method according to one of the claims 1 to 3, wherein said optimal place and said optimal direction is defined by additionally taking into account the accessibility of the through hole (3) through the bone tissue.
- The method according to one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein said implant (1) is a fixed angle implant.
- The method according to one of the claims 1 to 5, wherein high resolution bone quality data is used allowing the assessment of the bone micro architecture at a resolution smaller than or equal to 100 µm.
- Method for manufacturing a surgical device, in particular an implant (1) comprising the steps of:- designing and/or optimizing a surgical device, in particular an implant (1) according to the method of one of the claims 1 to 6; and- manufacturing said surgical device, in particular said implant (1).
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) manufactured according to the method of claim 7, characterized in thatA) the centre of said through hole (3) is positioned at the same position in an implant (1) having the traditional shape; orB) the centre of said through hole (3) is positioned at a new position in a new implant with different shape wherein the shape of this implant is given by a combination of the new locking insertion points that allow following the best purchase directions respecting the anatomical restrains.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that said central axis (4) has a direction that, respecting the anatomical restrains, allows following the best combination of purchase directions for all the implants anchorage elements.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the orientation of said central axis (4) and the position of said through holes (3) are defined according to a relative reference system.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that in case of an implant (1) configured as a bone plate said relative reference system is given by the centre of three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that in case of an implant (1) configured as an intramedullary nail said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned monocortical holes, drilled as anchorage for the implant fixation points.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that in case of a general medical device said relative reference system is given by the coordinate system created by the centre of the three not aligned points, used as anchorage for the device fixation points.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to one of the claims 8 to 13, wherein said through hole (3) is provided with coupling means for temporarily attaching an instrument.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to one of the claims 8 to 14, wherein said through hole (3) is designed as a fixed angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element (2) at a fixed angle.
- Surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to one of the claims 8 to 15, wherein said through hole (3) is designed as a variable angle hole for receiving a bone fixation element (2) at a variable angle, said variable angle hole having a central axis (4) corresponding to said optimal direction.
- Assembly comprising the surgical device, in particular implant (1) according to one of the claims 8 to 16 and an aiming or drilling device attachable to said coupling means.
- Assembly comprising the implant (1) according to one of the claims 8 to 16 and a bone replacement material source attachable to said coupling means.
- Method for selecting an optimal implant (1) comprising the step of:selecting an optimal implant (1) out of said designed or optimized implants (1) for each of said N > 2 categories of patients according to the method of one of the claims 1 to 6.
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